While the Forest department has intensified combing operations to capture wild elephant Belur Makhna, which killed a farmer at Chaligahddha in Wayanad district a week ago, an employee of the Kuruva Dweep eco-tourism centre in Wayanad who was injured in an attack by a wild elephant on Friday morning succumbed to his injuries later in the day.
The deceased was identified as Paul, 52, of Vellachalil at Pakkom, near Pulpally, in the district. Paul was a temporary guide at the tourism centre of the Forest department under the South Wayanad Forest division.
The incident occurred around 9.30 a.m. while he was on duty at the eco-tourism centre at Cheriyamala Junction. The elephant that attacked him fled after a group of MGNREGS workers in the vicinity raised an alarm. Though Paul was rushed to the Government Medical College Hospital at Mananthavady and later to the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, he succumbed to his injuries.
